A mixture of glycoproteins and glycolipids was solubilized from sheep erythrocytes membranes under the effect of high ionic strength (2 M NaCl, 0.5 M Tris). Several antigenic fractions could be purified from the mixture using gel filtration on Sephadex G-200 and block electrophoresis on Pevikon C870; two fractions were found to raise antibodies in a primary reaction and these antibodies effectively sensitized erythrocytes to lysis by complement. The majority of other fractions elicited a weaker primary reaction which was detectable by both agglutination and haemolysis. The fraction, migrating fastest towards the cathode, elicited after immunization a formation of antibodies that could be detected almost exclusively by haemagglutination. The fraction, which elicited in the primary reaction a high titre of haemolytic antibodies, is composed of 72% proteins, 11% lipids and 15% saccharides.

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